1/ Another AI-generated video falsely depicting Russian 'control' north of Lyman has been publicised by disgusted Russian warbloggers. It's part of a "plague" of AI "neurocontrol" that prominent warblogger Rybar condemns as "inept, half-baked information warfare". ⬇️
2/ The video shows a supposed Russian soldier waving at a drone from near a communications tower in the village of Nove. It forms part of what was presumably a video report from a local commander to superiors, asserting that Russian forces still control the village. 3/ However, as 'Military Observer' notes, "the distinctive cell tower is standing, while in a video from the enemy, it is already destroyed and lying on the ground. Apparently, the soldiers of "Zapad" managed to raise and restore it within a day (no)." 4/ "In reality, of course, a stream of unreliable information continues to be publicly disseminated from this direction, with the aim of misleading their own command and the country's leadership, as has already happened with **Sviatohirsk**, **Kupiansk**, and **Borove**. 5/ "It seems that without drawing wider attention to the problem, it will not be possible to fix the situation in this area." 6/ 'Informant' sarcastically compliments the Russian 'Zapad' group of forces for "mastering neural networks [AI] in their reports" and doubts that anyone will be punished for the fakery: "Impunity breeds permissiveness, and permissiveness breeds lawlessness." 7/ 'DShRG Rusich' has similar thoughts: "I wonder, is anyone held accountable for these reports (just as with the loss of personnel and equipment), or is there a lack of regulatory framework/does it not function properly?" 8/ "This question is more rhetorical, intended to illustrate the depth of our problems." 9/ Rybar dubs the practice of using AI-generated fake videos a form of "neurocontrol" being used against the high command and calls it "a plague on Lyman". The author says that the Russian army is shooting itself in the foot instead of admitting mistakes: 10/ "Mistakes are not inherently bad. Everyone makes them, and with rational analysis and study of the root causes, they can be avoided in the future. This is how normal and adequate work is done. 11/ "🖍 Everyone saw the Lyman crisis, and blaming it solely on enemy media propaganda at the end of September is, to put it mildly, an ineffective method. 12/ "We really wanted to see at least something like, "Fighting is ongoing, the situation is difficult, but measures have been taken." 13/ "Such a simple (even straightforward) phrase in these circumstances would have shown that work is being done to address these very serious mistakes, and that they have finally been noticed, acknowledged, and everything is being done to correct them. 14/ "🚩 However, today's demonstration of footage from the Lyman direction is an example of how not to conduct crisis management, starting with the latest absurd AI footage and ending with the demonstration of objective control videos from the beginning of summer. 15/ "The problem is not even that the enemy is conducting a counterattack (the line of defence can be stabilised and stopped), but that such clumsy methods of information warfare, done hastily, only benefit the enemy. 16/ "❗️We are not just saying that you need to speak to people in a language they understand. When they see something negative happening on the front lines, and official sources say that everything is fine, it undermines trust in those very sources. 17/ "This leads to the well-known scenario: people start looking for the truth in enemy channels, and there is no objectivity or rationality there, and any, even minor, failure is blown out of proportion. 18/ "And the enemy gets the opportunity to somewhat cover up their own failures on other fronts." /end Sources: 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me 🔹 t.me